Our collaborators and customers are constantly making scientific breakthroughs. Here are the latest published results obtained using ThruPLEX DNA-seq for chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing (ChIP-seq).

This paper used ChIP-seq, ChIP-qPCR, and other functional genomic methods to understand how RNA Pol II termination occurs in yeast. ThruPLEX DNA-seq kit was used to generate libraries for ChIP-seq. The author showed that the 3′-transition in budding yeast requires the Pol II elongation factor Spt5, and that polymerase II release from DNA requires the Rat1 exonuclease.

This study used ChIP-seq, DNaseI-seq, and RNA-seq to identify regulatory elements in mouse Sertoli cells during sex determination. ThruPLEX DNA-seq kit was used to prepare ChIP-seq libraries from FACS-sorted mouse Sertoli cells. By overlapping DNaseI-seq peaks with the chromatin landscape for H3K27ac, the authors were able to identify enhancers active only in Sertoli cells during the early stages of sex determination.

This paper investigated the transcriptional landscape across the cell cycles using a combination of ChIP-seq, DNase-seq, RNA-seq, and GRO-seq. ThruPLEX DNA-seq kit was used to prepare libraries for ChIP-seq and DNase-seq. Using the MCF-7 breast cancer cell line as a model, the authors revealed lag between transcription and steady-state RNA expression at the cell-cycle level. Other findings highlighted the importance of transcriptional and epigenetic dynamics during cell-cycle progression.

This paper used ChIP-seq and RNA-seq to identify a set of human cell lines suitable for the study of molecular subtypes in bladder cancer. ChIP-seq libraries were prepared with ThruPLEX DNA-seq kit. The study shows that the combined overexpression of PPARγ, GATA3 and FOXA1 contributes to the transdifferentiation of bladder cancer cells from a more aggressive basal phenotype to a less invasive luminal phenotype.

This study used ChIP-seq, RNA-seq, and BrU-seq to uncover the diverse functions of PDX1 at different stages of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA). ThruPLEX DNA-seq kit was used to prepare ChIP-seq libraries from PDX1-immunoprecipitated DNA. The authors reported distinct roles of PDX1 at different stages of PDA, suggesting that therapeutic approaches against this potential target need to account for its changing functions at different stages of carcinogenesis.

Using ChIP-seq and RNA-seq, this study investigated the role of PI3K/AKT pathway activation in preclincal models of breast cancer. ChIP-seq libraries were prepared using ThruPLEX DNA-seq kit to measure H3K4me3 and KDM5A subcellular localization. The authors demonstrated the importance of the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway in regulating the epigenetic landscape in breast malignancies, and more specifically that the expression of cell-cycle genes regulated by the AKT/KDM5A complex is associated with advanced-stage breast cancer.

This study used ChIP-seq and RNA-seq to analyze the role of the transcription factor Sp7/Osterix during bone formation in mice. The authors generated a transgenic mouse line in which a biotin motif and three FLAG epitopes were attached to the C-terminus of the Sp7 protein to enable the binding sites of Sp7 could be identified by ChIP. ThruPLEX DNA-seq kit was used to generate ChIP-seq libraries to identify osteoblast enhancers. The authors concluded that the appearance of Sp7 within the Sp family was likely to have played a key role in the emergence of bone-forming osteoblasts during vertebrate evolution.

This paper describes a new method called fixed-tissue chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing (FiT-seq) for reliable extraction of soluble chromatin from FFPE tissue samples for accurate detection of histone marks. ThruPLEX DNA-seq kit was used to generate FiT-seq libraries from FFPE specimens and ChIP-seq libraries fresh frozen samples, and data from the two sample types were demonstrated to be concordant with each other. The study shows that FiT-seq allows tumor-specific enhancers and super enhancers to be elucidated and correlated with known oncogenic drivers to enhance understanding in how chromatin states affect gene regulation.

This paper analyzed the role of the Polycomb-group (PcG) RING finger protein Pcgf5 in hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) using ChIP-seq and RNA-seq. Libraries for ChIP-seq were generated using ThruPLEX DNA-seq kit. ChIP-seq analysis confirmed the reduction in H2AK119ub1 levels observed in pcgf5-deficient HSPCs but revealed no significant association with gene expression levels. The authors concluded that Pcgf5 regulates histone H2AK119 monoubiquitination in vivo, but its role in hematopoiesis is marginal.

O'Brien, L.L. et al. Differential regulation of mouse and human nephron progenitors by the Six family of transcriptional regulators. Development143, 595–608 (2016).

This paper compared the regulatory actions of the transcription factor Six2 in mouse and human kidney progenitor cells during nephrogenesis using ChIP-seq and RNA-seq. Sequencing libraries were constructed from mouse and human ChIP DNA using ThruPLEX DNA-seq kit. The study demonstrated the existence of a different regulation of Six-factors between human and mouse nephron progenitors, and provided a potential mechanistic link to the lengthened period of progenitor cell self-renewal and nephrogenesis of the human kidney.